Report says ACT test scores improve in Michigan

WKAR Public Media

Published August 17, 2011 at 6:29 PM EDT

By AP

LANSING, MI –

The average score for Michigan students on the ACT college entrance exam has improved.

A report Wednesday from test administrators says Michigan students in the graduating class of 2011 had an average composite score of 20.0 on the ACT. That's up from 19.7 on a scale of 1 to 36 in the previous year.

The average composite score nationwide for the class of 2011 was 21.1, up from 21.0.

Michigan's ACT scores have been below the national average since all state students began taking the test with the class of 2008.

Michigan's ACT scores were above the national average when the test was optional and taken mostly by students who planned to go to college.

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